Anomic_Punk
Smash Champion
Hey fellow smashers it's been a while since smashboards was up, and even longer since the last installment of my tournament series. But I'm very pleased to finally confirm this one, and hope to see many of you attend. Since smashboards is being lame and won't let me put up the stream url: http://www.twitch.tv/smashstudios
Shoutouts to SS | Flow for fronting the money for the venue!
Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/239702919518918/
Pre-registration is up!
https://fs6.formsite.com/theflow21/tippedoff9/secure_index.html
Door fee: 15$ before the end of October, 20$ before the end of November, 25$ at the door
Singles entry fee: 15$
Doubles entry fee: 10$ per person (20$ total)
Payouts will be 60/30/10 for 1st/2nd/3rd
Finalized Schedule:
Saturday, December 14th-
10am- Doors open/late registration
12pm- Late registration ENDS, no exceptions
1pm- Melee Doubles bracket begins
2pm- Project M bracket begins
3pm- Melee Singles pools begin
5pm to 6pm- OFFICIAL break time. No matches will be called, no DQs will be handed out during this hour
10pm- Venue closes, everyone must GTFO!
Sunday, December 15th-
10am- Doors open/Warmups
11am- Tournament play resumes (Top 4 Project Melee, Melee singles bracket, top 4 of Melee Doubles)
*Top 4 of Melee Doubles and Project Melee will begin immediately at 11am, Singles Bracket will begin immediately after
5pm-6pm- OFFICIAL break time. No matches will be called, no DQs will be handed out during this hour
9pm- Cleanup begins
10pm- They take the keys away from me! EVERYONE must be out and the place must be CLEAN!
Yes, we are an Apex 2014 Qualifier!
Placing well in qualifier events will earn you points, which seeds you better at Apex 2014. The top 8 players in the singles tournament at each event will earn points. The following is how the distribution of points will work:
1st – 128 points
2nd – 64 points
3rd – 16 points
4th – 8 points
5th – 2 points
7th – 1 point
Here's a few photos of the venue to help you find your way in!
This is what you'll see as you drive down the street and you're super close. You're gonna make a right-hand turn into this Hampton Inn. UNLESS you're coming from the Marta Station, in which case it'll be on your left.
This is the parking lot you should see after you've turned into the venue. Park somewhere!
This is the entrance you'll want to use. You could possibly find other ways in, but we can't ALL be ninjas!
Then, once you're inside- you'll walk straight forward and pass 2 computers on your left. The next door on your left, will lead to this room:
Except it'll be all tournament-ed out and stuff. Anyhow, on to the rules!
General Tournament Rules
4 Stock, 8 minute time limit for both singles and doubles
Games are best of 3, Winners and Loser's Semifinals and Finals will be best of 5.
Pools will be done first if neccessary, followed by brackets. Both singles and doubles will be DOUBLE ELIMINATION.
Doubles Team Attack is ON, LIFE stealing is allowed. Pause should be OFF during any teams match, so as to avoid any drama. IF for some reason the game is paused as a player tries to take a stock, it is up to their opponent as to whether or not they will be forced to forfeit that stock.
BYOC: I dont think this should be a problem anyways.
In the case of a GameCube/TV malfunction, the game will be restarted from the beginning, no matter what time it crashed.
All decisions made by tournament officials are final.
Players must conduct themselves in a reasonable manner. Permanent ejection of a player from the tournament is at MY discretion.
Any sign of cheating will also result in forfeit of the game.
Any intentional forfeiting or conspiring to manipulate the brackets will result in ejection and possible suspension from future tournaments.
Controller mods of ANY kind (short-hop mod, L-trigger mod, etc), except for cosmetic changes (paint job, different colored plastic), are banned. Tournament staff may randomly inspect any controller at their discretion. If you are caught using a banned controller you will be immediately disqualified from the tournament.
Turbo or programmed buttons of any kind are banned. You may use third party controllers or pads that have these features, but if you are suspected of using the banned features you will not be allowed to use that controller any longer.
The stage for Game 1 will be selected through STAGE STRIKING.
Double Blind Rule: For the first game of a series, a player may call for a double-blind pick. This means that all participating players must tell a judge the character they will use for that game. Each player is required to use that character in the game.
Singles random select stages: Final Destination, Battlefield, Yoshi's Story, Fountain of Dreams, Dreamland 64
Doubles random select stages: Final Destination, Battlefield, Yoshi's Story, Dreamland 64 & Pokemon Stadium
Singles counterpick selectable stages: Pokemon Stadium
Doubles counterpick selectable stages: Rainbow Cruise, DK64
Stages banned for Doubles Only: Fountain of Dreams
Selectable counterpick stage for singles AND doubles: Mushroom Kingdom 2 Yes I am serious, its a Tipped Off favorite AND tradition. =)
WOBBLING IS LEGAL
After characters have been selected for the first game, each player/team may choose one stage from the available tournament list that won’t be used during the series.
Original DSR is in effect: You cannot counterpick to any stage you have won on, ever.
After each game of a series, the player who lost the previous game may choose the stage for the next game or elect for it to be chosen randomly. After the stage has been selected, the winner of the previous game may change characters. After the winner has chosen their character, the loser of the previous game may change characters.
Project M Rules:
PM ruleset
Starters: Battlefield, Dreamland, Final Destination, Fountain of Dreams, Pokemon Stadium 2, Smashville, Yoshi's Story
Counterpicks: Dracula’s Castle, Green Hill Zone, Lylat Cruise, WarioWare, Yoshi’s Island: Brawl
4 stock 8 mins
Items Off
Stage striking 122121
2 stage bans
otherwise regular Melee rules
Tipped Off 9's discounted room rate at the Hampton Inn is now live! This discount rate is available for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (Dec 13-15) at the hotel. Visit http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/groups/personalized/A/ATLHMHX-TIP-20131213/index.jhtml to reserve a room. This will decrease the cost of a 2 Double Bed Non Smoking room from 89/night to 69/night! In addition, you can also call the hotel at 1-404-303-0014 and ask for the Tipped Off 9 group discount.
For anyone flying in, or even locals who don't want to drive: the venue is conveniently located near the Dunwoody Marta station!
http://www.itsmarta.com/ns-dun-overview.aspx
As google maps so kindly shows us here, its not that far at all! So no johns about transportation!
Well, that's pretty much all I've got so far. Further updates will occur as needed.
Oh, BRING SETUPS! This means TVs, Gamecubes/Wiis, and copies of SSBM.
Hope to see many of you there! =D
